Rumors are floating that Brad Pitt may be one of the buyers connected to the purchase of a wildly-designed new eco-home in Cotswold, England. The architectural plans and site for the building were recently sold for just over $14 million.

The design — which is based on a bee orchid found on the reserve where construction will take place — is expected to produce more energy than it uses, with an underground heat pump, geothermal heating and cooling, rainwater and solar and wind power. For the cash, the new owners (in about three years) will get a lakeside home complete with a glass-sided badger set in the garden. What exactly is a glass-sided badger?

Apparently, Pitt has taken a look at the plans for the Orchid Home — and sources are reporting that the anonymous buyer is connected to the entertainment industry. It’s all conjecture are this point, but with Pitt focused on green building, it’s not much of a stretch to tie him to the purchase. What do you think? Like the design?

via UK Telegraph

Source: Ecorazzi

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s families are eager for the pair to get married.

Last week, the internet was abuzz with rumors the pair had tied the knot, and when the news reached the Pitt family, they had their hopes up for the reports to be true: They weren’t.

“The whole family is still keeping their fingers crossed that someday they will tie the knot,” a source close to the family tells OK! magazine.

Pitt’s mom, Jane, has warmed twice-divorced Angelina, 32, to the idea of marrying Brad, but she subscribes to the mantra of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”

“Jane has a really hard time with them not being married,” the source says. “She feels that they need to be married for the kids.”

As for Brad, the actor “would love to marry her but doesn’t want to force her, and I’ve never seen Brad so happy.”
Source: Showbiz Spy

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly got married earlier today, March 29, in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisana. According to Star.

Brad’s rep said she has “no idea” if the rumors are true or not.

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This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt’s girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential candidates — Democratic rivals Obama and Clinton, and Republican John McCain.

Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother’s side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. presidents, including George W. Bush, his cousins. McCain is a sixth cousin of first lady Laura Bush.

“You’d think with all that singing talent in the family she’d be able to carry a tune,” Clinton’s senior adviser Philippe Reines said. “But now it makes much more sense how she snagged a Grammy.”

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Reports are indicating that Angelina Jolie is expecting fraternal twins which she plans to welcome into the world in her mother’s native France.

In Touch suggest that the actress and her partner Brad Pitt are set to give birth to a boy and girl, even though the couple have not confirmed or denied the pregnancy allegations.

According to the publication, Jolie has been overheard cooing about her unborn babies on the set of Pitt’s new movie Tree Of Life telling one pal the little ones are “kicking and moving”.

A source also claims that Brangelina were delighted when they found out they are expecting twins. The insider says: “Because she took fertility treatments to help her ovulate, her babies are fraternal. They’re ecstatic. She can’t wait.”
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